Clashes break out at Greek protest: Riot police fired tear gas at activists chanting "burn parliament" on Tuesday, just hours before politicians were to begin debating a pension reform to tackle the nation's debt crisis. RBS tells clients to prepare for 'monster' money-printing by the Federal Reserve: As recovery starts to stall in the US and Europe with echoes of mid-1931, bond experts are once again dusting off a speech by Ben Bernanke given eight years ago as a freshman governor at the Federal Reserve. States of Crisis for 46 Governments Facing Greek-Style Deficits: The Golden State, with a $1.8 trillion economy that’s larger than Russia’s, is sinking deeper into its financial funk. And it’s not alone.
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Decmocracy Now! Interview With John Pilger:
"The reason we don’t see the war on civilians, the war that has caused the most extraordinary devastation, human and cultural and structural devastation in both Iraq and Afghanistan, is because of what is almost laughingly called the mainstream media." Continue
By Matt Taibbi
Anyone who wants to know why network television news hasn't mattered since the seventies just needs to check out this appearance by Logan. Here's CBS's chief foreign correspondent saying out loud on TV that when the man running a war that's killing thousands of young men and women every year steps on his own dick in front of a journalist, that journalist is supposed to eat the story so as not to embarrass the flag. Continue
In Case You Missed It
The Suppressed Story of The GI Movement to end the war in Viet Nam
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A "must-see" documentary which seeks to return to the historical record the pivotal story of the GI anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. Continue
Adapt and Survive:
By Stephan Harding
Within decades billions of people will lose their lives. Continue
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